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The BCS Audio VaultBCS Audio Vault 031: UndercurrentsBy Charles Payseur, from Issue #343 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, in an interview conducted and engineered by M.K. Hobson, explaining the story’s take on resistance and cooperation.Rory nods. The bullets are Lutean-made, salt and iron and whatever special magic they use to make them potent against rivers.More info »2021-11-1842 min
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction PodcastsBCS Audio Vault 031: UndercurrentsBy Charles Payseur, from Issue #343 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, in an interview conducted and engineered by M.K. Hobson, explaining the story’s take on resistance and cooperation.Rory nods. The bullets are Lutean-made, salt and iron and whatever special magic they use to make them potent against rivers.More info »2021-11-1842 minThe BCS Audio VaultBCS Audio Vault 030: Rivers Run FreeBy Charles Payseur, from Issue #342 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, in an interview conducted and engineered by M.K. Hobson, explaining the story’s element that oppression can link people together and can tear people apart.We ride stolen horses over the choked earth.More info »2021-11-1140 minBeneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction PodcastsBCS Audio Vault 030: Rivers Run FreeBy Charles Payseur, from Issue #342 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, in an interview conducted and engineered by M.K. Hobson, explaining the story’s element that oppression can link people together and can tear people apart.We ride stolen horses over the choked earth.More info »2021-11-1140 min
Solo Nerd BirdInterview w/ Isabela Oliveira - Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer GrowthMy interview with one of the contributing editors for the anthology Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth currently on Kickstarter. Isabela with Jed Sabin are co-owners of Speculatively Queer, a Washington-based small press publishing speculative stories about queer hope, joy, love, affirmation, and community.
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Original them music Neon Drive composed by Tim Roven on www.tabletopaudio.com.
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Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2SsZ0df
Speculatively Queer’s Website: https://www.speculativelyqueer.com/
Speculatively Queer is ALSO currently accepting auditions for audiobook narrators through July 10, info here on our website: https://www.speculativelyqueer.com/pages/audiobook-auditions
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Other Contributors include:
Jed Sabi...2021-07-0619 min
Strange Horizons“The Sloppy Mathematics of Half-Ghosts” by Charles Payseur, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Charles Payseur's “The Sloppy Mathematics of Half-Ghosts.” You can read the full text of the story here.2019-10-0743 minBeneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction PodcastsBCS 235: UndercurrentsBy Charles Payseur, from Issue #274 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Dave Thompson.Rory nods. The bullets are Lutean-made, salt and iron and whatever special magic they use to make them potent against rivers.More info »2019-03-2839 min
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast342. Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018John Joseph Adams, Caroline M. Yoachim, and Charles Payseur join us to discuss John’s new anthology The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-01-041h 34
Cabbages and Kings50 - The Obelisk Gate (pt 1)
Kaleb Russell and Rose Eveleth join me to talk about The Obelisk Gate. Also Charles Payseur recommends short fiction about libraries.Thanks for your patience during an extended (and unplanned) hiatus. Hopefully the podcast will begin regularly monthly service now. You can also subscribe to my emails about having a hobby farm & being a Quaker, or follow my blogging about Tolkien.Recommended Stories - The Universal Library (written & translated Erik Born), in Mithila Review Issue #9Turing Machines of Babel - Eric Schwitzgebel, in Apex MagazineLibrary of Lost Things - Ma...2018-02-0133 min
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science FictionQueers Destroy Science Fiction!: Lightspeed Magazine Special Issue; The Stories by Steve Berman, Sigrid Ellis, Seanan McGuire, Gabrielle DePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queers Destroy Science Fiction!: Lightspeed Magazine Special Issue; The Stories Author: Steve Berman, Sigrid Ellis, Seanan McGuire, Gabrielle De Cuir Narrator: Alex Hyde-White, Susan Hanfield, Vikas Adam, Justine Eyre, Cassandra Campbell, Paul Boehmer, John Lee, Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 1 minute Release date: December 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Lightspeed was founded on the core idea that all science fiction is real science fiction and that science fiction is vast. It is inclusive. Science fiction...2017-12-1903 minCabbages and Kings49 - Rion Amilcar Scott discusses Insurrections
Rion Amilcar Scott (@reeamilcarscott), author of the award-winning collection Insurrections joins me to discuss his book, the aesthetic of speculative fiction, and the boundaries between the real and the fantastic. Also Charles Payseur (@clowderoftwo) recommends short stories with whales.
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GlitterShipEpisode 43: "In Search of Stars" by Matthew BrightHello! Welcome to GlitterShip episode 43 for August 20, 2017. This is your host, Keffy, and I'm super excited to be sharing this story with you.
It's a little bit late (oops!) but we finally have the Summer 2017 issue of GlitterShip available for you to read and enjoy! As before, all of the stories will be podcast and posted on the website over the next couple of months. However, if you'd like to get a head start reading the stories and support GlitterShip, you can purchase copies of the Summer 2017 issue on Amazon, Nook, or right here at GlitterShip.com.2017-08-2140 minBeneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction PodcastsBCS 201: Rivers Run FreeBy Charles Payseur, from Issue #230 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Dave Thompson.We ride stolen horses over the choked earth.More info »2017-07-2036 min
NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE - Horror and Dark Fantasy Story Podcast (Audiobook | Short Stories)Charles Payseur | The Sound ofDiego packs more insulation into the walls. The work’s itchy as hell and the insulation isn’t enough to cut out the whine of the Sound, not entirely, but he likes to think it helps. Behind him, he can hear Liv move about the apartment, rummaging through the totes they’ve never fully unpacked. A year later and they still live like they might have to flee. “I thought we agreed that the comics would go next,” he says, the Sound like a drill boring into his temples, pushing his voice near to yelling. Not that he wants to remind her...2017-05-1722 minCabbages and Kings46 - Surrounded by the PastThis episode I'm joined by Kate Heartfield (@KateHeartfield) to discuss Historical Fantasy, and Charles Payseur (@clowderoftwo) has short fiction recommendations.
2017-04-2233 minCabbages and Kings46 - Surrounded by the PastDiscussing Historical Fantasy with Kate Heartfield, and short fiction recommendations from Charles Payseur2017-04-2233 minCabbages and Kings43 - Sword & Sorcery with Jared ShurinWe discuss a Lyn Ballantine Quote, some classics (new & old), and Charles Payseur has short fiction recommendations2017-02-2227 minCabbages and Kings43 - Sword & Sorcery with Jared ShurinThis episode I'm joined by Jared Shurin (@straycarnivore) of the award-nominated genre site Pornokitsch (@pornokitsch), and editor with Mahvesh Murad of the upcoming anthology The Djinn Falls in Love. We discuss the Sword & Sorcery subgenre, and an old quote from Lin Carter defining the genre.We call a story Sword & Sorcery when it is an action tale, derived from the traditions of the pulp magazine adventure story, set in a land, age or world of the author's invention - a milieu in which magic actually works and the gods are real - a story, moreover, which pits a s...2017-02-2227 min
LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)Charles Payseur | The Death of Paul BunyanPaul Bunyan has died. Paul Bunyan has died and Johnny Appleseed is heading north. Not for vengeance, like Paul would have wanted. Not to beat the hills red or divert a river over those responsible for killing the legend, but because it finally seems time to revisit old scars, old pains. “We were the fire in the night,” Johnny remembers Paul saying one night, so long ago. | Copyright 2016 by Charles Payseur. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2016-12-2723 minCabbages and Kings39 - "Sort of true, if not factually accurate"This episode, Ken Liu (@kyliu99) joins @afishtrap and I to begin wrapping up the discussion of The Grace of Kings. In this episode, themes of history, myth, and how they intersect. In addition, Charles Payseur of Quick Sip Reviews recommends short stories for the resistance, and (from the archives!) Kip Manley (@kiplet) has a quote from Margaret Wise Brown.
Short story recommendations from Charles.Screamers - Tochi Onyebuchi, in OmenanaThe Gentlemen of Chaos - A. Merc Rustad - Apex MagazinePlea - Mary Ann Mohanraj - Lightspeed MagazineStandi...2016-12-0825 min
#ExpertAnswers - an InsideScientific Podcast#ExpertAnswers: Brian Roche and Jason Payseur on Studying Multiple Biological SystemsThis episode of #ExpertAnswers features Brian Roche, PhD, DABT, DSP, Director of Safety Pharmacology, Charles River Laboratories and Jason Payseur, Senior Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline. They are here to discuss how to integrate hemodynamic, respiratory and neurological measurements to study multiple biological systems simultaneously while benefiting from more efficient data collection and workflow in the laboratory.
For more information or to watch the webinar, click here.
2016-11-0318 minCabbages and Kings36 - Ancillary Sword
This episode, Ethan rejoins me to discuss the AI in Ancillary Sword (our previous discussions of Ancillary Justice are here and here), Charles Payseur recommends 5 stories around the theme of Age & Aging, and future guest Jenn Brissett has a memory of a significant book.Charles' recommendations this episode: The Pigeon Summer by Brit MandeloKid Dark Against the Machine by Tansy Rayner RobertsDemon Clown Diary by Shaenon GarrityLife in Stone, Glass, and Plastic by José Pablo IriarteThe Tomato Thief by Ursula Vernon
2016-09-0829 minCabbages and Kings30 - Representation with Justina Ireland (part 1)
This episode, I am joined by Justina Ireland (@justinaireland) a Young Adult author & purveyor of awesomeness. Justina often tweets about issues of representation of marginalized identities, and recently launched Writing In The Margins which mentors and facilitates emerging authors so that those whose stories have been silenced by history & societal oppression can find their audience.I apologize for the delay in new episodes (should be back with a slightly looser format and 2-3 episodes per month), Justina talks about seeing yourself on the page (or not), praises Kate Elliott's Court of Fives, and tells her story of r...2016-04-0833 minCabbages and Kings29 - Making Worlds out of Words
This episode, Kip Manley (@kiplet), author of the acclaimed web serial The City of Roses, joins me to talk about this genre that makes worlds out of words and sharing stories with our children. Additionally, Charles Payseur returns to recommend three stories centered on cooking.
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2016-03-0230 minCabbages and Kings26 - The Pagan Night by Tim AkersInterview with Tim Akers, Author of The Pagan Night, and short story recommendations from Charles Payseur2016-01-1930 minCabbages and Kings26 - The Pagan Night by Tim Akers
This episode, Tim Akers (@timakers), author of newly-released The Pagan Night is here to talk about portrayals of religion in science fiction & fantasy, and tell us about The Pagan Night. Also, this episode, Charles Payseur (@clowderoftwo) shares short story recommendations around a theme he's noticed: millennial fiction.The Pagan Night (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound)The blog post that first intrigued me: "I am careful with religion."Roundup of The Pagan Night links.
2016-01-1930 minStrange HorizonsDecember Poetry Read by Susan Ramirez, Roshani Chokshi, Charles Payseur, and M SerenoIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the December issues of Strange Horizons."Upgrade" by Rohinton Daruwala read by Susan Ramirez. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Rohinton here."To the High School Sweetheart, in Snatches" by Roshani Chokshi read by Roshani Chokshi. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Roshani here."Future Husband: A Letter" by Charles Payseur read by Charles Payseur. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Charles here."Adarna" by M Sereno read...2015-12-2123 minNIGHTMARE MAGAZINE - Horror and Dark Fantasy Story Podcast (Audiobook | Short Stories)Charles Payseur | Spring ThawWhen Lucas walked in and nodded toward the Ice Bus, I thought for a fleeting moment he was finally going to make a move. Not that there was much of a dating scene in the small research station, but sometimes I would walk a short way away from camp and lie on my back and watch the stars and imagine that I could feel the Antarctic ice streams moving beneath me. And every time I would wish someone else was there with me, to let the sound of their breathing tether me to the Earth while my mind wandered among...2015-04-1529 min